Share Paper: Navigating education, ethics and engagement in a social media world.

  1. David Webster, University of Gloucestershire, United States
Monday, November 14 4:40 PM-5:00 PM Edison F

Abstract: In some corners of Higher Education, we see an embrace of Social Media We tweet back and forth with students, and from field trips. We have Facebook groups for our courses. We tag each other, have tumblr collections from student events. Social Media has allowed us to be radically interactive, and be context-specific about where traditional academic hierarchies of communication are and aren't in place. But students are beginning to see a collapsing of lines that can make them and us uncomfortable. They may want to complain on twitter about a boring lecture, or use images as their Facebook profile ...